About Desert Lily
Have you or your loved one experienced:
* depression
* obsessive-compulsive disorder
* bipolar disorder
* panic and anxiety attacks
or
* other forms of mental illness?
Desert Lily is the bittersweet story of one couple’s resolve to overcome:
· mental illness
· societal stigma
· confusion about healthcare,
shock treatments,
insurance red tape,
conflicting advice,
and reliance on prescription drugs
· sexual temptation
· marriage and family discord
· cancer
· dilemmas over end of life issues,
home caregiving,
and hospice care
Read how Nick and Amy Demetriou find relief and comfort from self help techniques offered in meetings with others who faced similar trials.
Nick and Amy's stories are suggested by the title, the haunting picture of a desert lily on the cover, and the opening line when Nick Demetriou says:
“Amy stumbles. I catch her arm and nearly fall with her.”
Like all lilies, a desert lily has a season to flower and a period of dormancy when it withdraws into an onion-like bulb to remain buried until reawakening in another season.
But the desert lily is unique. To withstand the harsh environment, the bulb becomes buried under as much as two feet of sand and sometimes waits as long as twenty years before re-emerging to claim its destined glory.
Imagine you’ve fallen deeply in love with a desert lily. Imagine your sadness as you watch it fade, wither and retreat into the soil. Imagine your anticipation as you await the return of the flower you adore so much that you believe you can’t live without her.
Imagine, now, that you are the lily. To protect against the devastating desert, you hide deep in the sand. Imagine your fear is so great that you sink deeper and deeper into the sand until you’ve lost all hope of ever blooming again.
These Desert Lily images tell the stories of Nick and Amy Demetriou.
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